Talk:Death penalty

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The UFP's federal structure suggested individual member worlds could reserve the right to their own death penalty laws. Deneb V (TOS: "I, Mudd") had the death penalty for certain crimes, as did Argelius II. (TOS: "Wolf in the Fold")

Neither were definably said to be federation worlds (though Argelius II was clearly a close ally) -- Capricorn 09:40, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Turnabout Intruder

In (TOS: "Turnabout Intruder"), the death penalty was for the violation of General Order 4 not General Order 7. – The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.59.206.109 (talk).

[edit] Notable Exceptions

The disablement of Lore (TNG: "Descent, Part II") could probably be listed as a a notable exception. – The preceding unsigned comment was added by 201.22.212.62 (talk).

As I noted elsewhere, the legal status of androids and other artificial life is not well established outside of Data himself (as seen by the treatment of EMHs and B-4), and we don't actually know what happened to Lore. He was disabled in battle, but for all we know re-activated to stand trial later. I'd also question calling it a "death penalty," since it was an action in the heat of battle, not the result of a trial. By that account, you'd have to call the killing of Jem'Hadar on the battlefield "executions." --OuroborosCobra ^talk 04:04, November 8, 2009 (UTC)